Photofinish device



Q 19421 J. F. KUPRION PHOTO-FINISH DEVICE Filed April 25, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet l By Ew A itorpey. 1

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Claims.

vs the photographic plates used in such ciroum- The invention together with its objects end advantages will be best understood from a stutiy of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

meme 1 is a view somewhat diagrammatically illustrating the application of the invention.

*"ure 2 is an enlarged eleteil view of a camera l e portion of a dark room further illustrating the invention.

Figures 3, i and 5 are detail views taken substentielly on the lines 23-48, 3-4 and 5--5, resoectively, of Figure 1.

Referring more in detail to the drawings it will be seen that the reference numerals 5 and 6 indicate respectively the posts on the opposite sides of the rose treat: or course, and; which sup port the finish wire I. In the present instance the post i telescopically fitting thereto is met extension that it seemed at the desired .4 of ecljustment through the medium of e screw or the like accordance with the present invention there e-iiiustebie fir -shing wire it the; is wound on a spool carried by the l s graduated plate t3, the plate it ez'eon scale graduated. in terms oi de-= plate i3 is pivoted to'the post 5 at o er and (Bf $116 letter thi'eugh the medium e bolt 2 3 as best shown in iugure 4;, end also mounted on the'post is a suitable index it to against the gretiuetions on the scale plate Use end of the wire iii is anchored as at E6 to em it end a similar graduated scale plate 523 that pivoted to the upper enti oi the post iSiGp; as at l9 and as best shoem on to provide for mote rapid developing of (Eli 955 119 e i i relative to the wire "I Zli tlie s tle respective pistes l3 and Also eccottleiiee with the pi'esent invention is of conventional stmoture lesetilv by the reference numeral oi the houses thereof a simiete that is pivoted. to e. z ieispted to be reed greet e plate is en index suitably motmteoi on support 23 that extends from one well i a desk room that is mounted at one the treat. e weibknown mermez" eieveteti position through the medium of e sult sine-supporting structure shown Easements y Figure l and indicated genemliy by the leienee numeral 2%.

Thus Ea y reading the iildeX 2'3 the gradnations on the settl ate it, the eamere 2t may be adjusted so that 1e film strip 2??) movable wire on the @ost esteesioii it is see understood the letter is exactiy vertical, or, by superposing on the wire "J, or, both a re 6% and the camel-e. ii

an eco (M53 7e obtained, the umiesireb convergeieee is obviated end with seien- 1 accuracy the e of the racing am o. their finish, wiil be tohoto Aim accordance with the preseitt invention there provided its extends from the film outlet side of ii-he cemere ease 5 through en ope provided tiieieior in the well of the t n .1 1

ears 6 secured to toe well of said room :i as eieeriy shown it; Figure itlie it into thereof takes Also in eeeoreemee with the present invention provision made for lid cleveiopment and tin-- ishing the [note 32 his pistes. Tothis end there are provit'ietll bly within the desk room 2%, anti as shown Figure 1, e oath 29 which through the tube file is room where development contains a developing solution where development of the successive negatives takes place. From this bath 29 the exposed negatives are passed into a short-stop mixing bath 30, and from this bath 30 the negatives are passed into the regular fixing bath 31 thus completing the process of developing and fixing at the same time the exposures are being made.

Thus in accordance with the present invention anywhere from ten to twelve seconds only are required for fixing the film, while some five to ten seconds are required for enlarging, and the entire time for making the exposure to the final development of the pictures for showing the results on the screen for the benefit of the judges is only from approximately thirty to forty-five seconds.

In connection with the above it will also be understood that the camera 21 is slightly modified, certain parts of the winding mechanism being omitted so that the film may pass from the camera through the tube 210.

It is thought that a clear understanding of the construction, operation, utility and advantages of an invention of this character will be had without a more detailed description thereof.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. In an apparatus for photographing the finish of horse races and the like, and in combination with the finish wire and supporting posts therefor, one of said posts having a post extension vertically adjustable relative thereto and equipped with means for securing said post extension at the desired position of vertical adjustment; a graduated scale plate pivotally mounted on the other of the finish posts and on the upper end of said post extension respectively, indexes on said other finish post and said post extension adapted to be read against the graduations on the respective scale plates, a spool mounted on the first-named scale plate, a supplemental finish wire windable on said spool and having an end secured to the scale plate on said post extension whereby said supplemental finish wire may be supported at the desired angle,

vertically, with respect to the regular finish wire;

a camera pivotally mounted on a fixed support above said supplemental wire and equipped with a scale plate graduated in terms identical with takes place out of the camera into a dark room.-

2. In an apparatus for photographing the finish of horse races and the like, and in combination with the finish wire and supporting posts therefor, one of said posts having a post extension vertically adjustable relative thereto and equipped with means for securing said post extension at the desired position of vertical adjustment; a graduated scale plate pivotally mounted on th other of the finish posts and on the upper end of said post extension respectively, indexes on said other finish post and said post extension adapted to be read against the graduations on the respective scale plates, a spool mounted on the first-named scale plate, a supplemental finish wire windable on said spool and havingan end secured to the scale plate on said post extension whereby said supplemental finish wire may be supported at the desired angle, vertically, with respect to the regular finish wire, a. film camera pivotally mounted on a fixed support above said supplemental wire and equipped with a scale plate graduated in terms identical with the terms of graduation on the first-named scale plates, an index against which the graduations oi the camera-carried scale plate are read whereby said camera may be adjusted to place the film thereof in substantial parallelism with the supplemental finish wire, and means associated with said camera for guiding the film as exposure takes place out of the camera.

3. In an apparatus for photographing the finish of a race, and in combination, a finish line extended across the track and parallel to the surface thereof, an auxiliary line supported above the finish line, and means for supporting said auxiliary line in substantially the same vertical plane as the finish line and a predetermined position of adjustment at an angle to the vertical, and photographic means located to one side of the track and embodying a pivotally mounted camera adapted to be adjusted for placing the lens thereof with its axis perpendicular to said auxiliary line.

4. In an apparatus for photographing the finish of a race, and in combination, a finish line extended across the track and parallel to the surface thereof, an auxiliary line supported above the finish line, and means for supporting said auxiliary line in substantially the same vertical plane as the finish line and at a predetermined position of adjustment at an angle to the vertical, and photographic means located to one side of the track and embodying a pivotally mounted camera adapted to be adjusted for placing the lens thereof in parallelism with said auxiliary line, the supporting means for said auxiliary line and the supporting means for said camera respectively embodying a scale plate and an index fixed relative to the scale plate to be read against the graduations thereon to insure accurate adjustment of said auxiliary line and said camera respectively.

5. In an apparatus for photographing the finish of a race, a finish line extending across the race course parallel to the surface thereof, photographic means located to one side of and above said line and embodying a film camera and a supplemental finish wire stretched across said track intermediate the first wire and camera in a common vertical plane therewith and diagonally of th first wire, said camera and supple mental wire being relatively adjustable to vary the angle of the supplemental wire and adjust the camera to place the axis of the lens thereof perpendicular to the common plane.

JOHN F. KUPRION. 

